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Sacred Music, page 15

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Songs of Angels: Music by Magdalen composers

Songs of Angels: Music by Magdalen composers
ID: SIGCD038
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Choir

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Fen And Meadow: Britten Choral Works III - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers

Fen And Meadow: Britten Choral Works III - The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
ID: COR16038
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Choral Collection

The works on this album show some of the breadth and range of Benjamin Britten's choral writing, embracing the masque from his opera 'Gloriana,' his own take on the English part song tradition in 'Five Flower Songs,' and his last work for unaccompanied voices, 'Sacred and Profane.' The latter sets medieval texts described herein as a "mixture of the devotional and the rumbustiously secular." The Sixteen is one of the jewels in the musical crown of Britain, and enjoys a worldwide reputation for clarity and beauty with precision and dramatic intensity.

1-8 - Ian Partridge (Tenor); Helen Tunstall (Harp)
9 - Stephen Westropp (Piano)
10 - Ruth Dean (Soprano); Neil MacKenzie (Tenor); Margaret Phillips (Organ)
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Music from the Chapel Royal 'The King's Musick' (2006)

Music from the Chapel Royal 'The King's Musick' (2006)
ID: COR16041
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Choir

Brand new recording from The Sixteen (recorded in 2006) features new editions and world premiere recordings. It was largely through the efforts of "Captain" Henry Cooke (c.1615-1672) that the choir of the Chapel Royal was successfully restored at the Restoration in 1660. He invoked ancient press-gang legislation to purloin promising choirboys from cathedrals across the country. Two of them, Pelham Humfrey and John Blow, went on to write groundbreaking music.
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Vivald: Gloria in D major / Bach: Magnificat in D major - The Sixteen - H. Christophers

Vivald: Gloria in D major / Bach: Magnificat in D major - The Sixteen - H. Christophers
ID: COR16042
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Baroque

About this title: The small British chorus called the Sixteen and director Harry Christophers have delivered consistently popular recordings of Renaissance and Baroque music, maintaining very high standards of performance. Here they couple two of the most popular Baroque works of all, Vivaldi's Gloria in D major, RV 589, and Bach's Magnificat in D major, BWV 243, and the results are handsome indeed. The tenor of the performances flows from the conceptions of each work that Christophers expresses in one of the little personal essays that appears at the beginning of each booklet in this series: Vivaldi, he said, is "effective," and even operates in places here "at his simplest," while Bach is "complex." Some would use other words first, for each composer -- daring or kinetic for Vivaldi, devotional or a dozen other words for Bach. There are recordings that give Vivaldi in general and the Gloria in particular more of an edge; there are recordings of Bach that seem warmer, or more rooted in the sacred texts.
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Music From the Sistine Chapel - Allegri, Anerio, Palestrina, Marenzio

Music From the Sistine Chapel - Allegri, Anerio, Palestrina, Marenzio
ID: COR16047
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Choir

Recorded in November 2006, this disc offers a fascinating collection of works written for the Papal Chapel. Researched and sung by one of the world's leading choirs, The Sixteen and Harry Christophers, this recording includes many world premiere recordings of these rarely heard sacred works. Felice Anerio displays a fluid mastery of the Roman style of composition, and some of his surviving settings are shown to advantage here, in particular his glorious twelve-part setting of Stabat Mater, more ambitious and possibly more beautiful than those by Palestrina and Lassus. Gregorio Allegri is famous for his Miserere (available on coro as cor16014); this recording contains representative examples of his polyphonic style. Together with settings by the towering figure of Palestrina, all receive warm and vital performances.
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Music from Magdalen - Sheppard, Mason, Davy

Music from Magdalen - Sheppard, Mason, Davy
ID: COR16049
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Choir

Magdalen College, Oxford, was a centre of excellence in the sixteenth century, with three of the era’s greatest composers holding the position of Master of the Choristers during a prolific period of English music.
Harry Christophers presents the unique Magdalen sound in sublime music from these composers, performed by The Magdalen Collection, all previous academical clerks of Magdalen College, Oxford.
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Hilliard Live Vol. 2 - For Ockeghem - Hilliard Ensemble

Hilliard Live Vol. 2 - For Ockeghem -  Hilliard Ensemble
ID: COR16048
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music

The second in a series of four Hilliard Ensemble collections on CORO, with beautiful artwork. The Hilliard LIVE Series was originally produced by the BBC for lobby sale at Hilliard concert events and has never previously been available commercially. The ensemble, founded in 1974, is one of the world's finest vocal chamber ensembles, unrivalled for its formidable reputation in the fields of both old and new music. The group's performing schedule is varied, amounting to about a hundred concerts a year. Its substantial following in Europe is augmented by regular visits to Japan, the US, and Canada

Language: Latin

The Hilliard Ensemble is one of the world's finest vocal chamber groups, and is probably unrivalled for its formidable reputation in the fields of both early and new music. This series was only previously available direct from the group but has never before been fully available at international retail.
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Ein Deutsches Requiem - J. Brahms - The Sixteen - H. Christophers, conductor

Ein Deutsches Requiem - J. Brahms - The Sixteen -  H. Christophers, conductor
ID: COR16050
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Choir

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Guillaume Dufay: Sacred music from the Bologna Q15 manuscript

Guillaume Dufay: Sacred music from the Bologna Q15 manuscript
ID: SIGCD023
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music

This is the third disc recorded by The Clerks' Group for their Signum Records trilogy. The series explores repertoire in the medieval period and culminates with a selection of works by Guillaume Dufay, found in one of the great anthologies of 15th century music: the manuscript Bologna, Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, MS Q15 (or "Q15" as it is known by its friends).

The Q15 manuscript contains examples of almost every conceivable musical genre of the period by a vast array of composers. The Clerks' Group has chosen to perform works by a single composer, but still the variety of forms and styles on offer is bewildering. Guillaume Dufay was a composer who witnessed and contributed to most of the revolutionary changes to occur in music composition in the 15th century. The album includes some of the earlier works so often neglected from Dufay's repertoire, and goes on to explore compositions that demonstrate this revolutionary genius. Some compositional techniques celebrated by The Clerks' Group's performance include the playful exchange of Dufay's song-like melodies between the vocal lines; and the use of mensural canon, where the same melody is sung by all voices but at slightly different speeds. These are just a few examples of the radical nature of Dufay's music as demonstrated on this recording.

The Clerks' Group brings immense diversity to the music and its performance. Their refreshing approach displays sincere empathy and passion for this astonishing repertory.
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Venetian Treasures - Gabrieli, Caldara, Monteverdi, Cavalli - The Sixteen, H. Christophers

Venetian Treasures - Gabrieli, Caldara, Monteverdi, Cavalli - The Sixteen, H. Christophers
ID: COR16053
CDs: 1
Type: CD
Collection: Sacred Music
Subcollection: Choir

The sacred choral music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries from Venice, especially that written for the splendour of St Mark’s, has a unique style. From the rich and sonorous sound world of the Gabrielis to the airy zestfulness of Caldara’s contemporary Vivaldi, this was music which dazzled the rest of Europe.
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